My Random Thoughts and Odds & Ends Gathered Over The Years Etc. & Other Stuff I Found Interesting & Worth Sharing.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Death

I take my dog out for a walk early in the morning and today I was saddened to see a dead cat. It had been run over so many times that it was completely flat. I only hope that it died the first time it was hit. I cannot understand it. Why did god create the animal only to let it die such a horrible and painful death? What was the purpose of its creation?
Come to think of it, what was the purpose of creating man. The state of the world defies imagination. Hunger, strife, murder - think of any bad thing and it is happening everywhere all the time and you hear lots of it. But when someone does anything good, there is hardly any news about it. Add to these are the natural disasters that take life in the thousands and destruction of property that takes years to rebuild. It does not make sense at all.

About Me

I was born in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu in India and went to Burma (now Myanmar) in 1954 and lived there for 9 years returning to India in 1963 when I went to Karaikal in the State of Pondichery to finish my schooling at St. Mary's High School. Did my Pre-University in St. Joseph's College, Trichy and then went on to do my Engineering (Civil) in the Thiagaraja College of Engineering, Madurai.

Subsequent to my education I joined the Public Works Department of the Government of Tami Nadu as a Junior Engineer and rose to the rank of a Joint Chief Engineer and retired in September 2006.

Now I spend my time with my iPad, my PC, my Books and my Music System.